At least seven Palestinians and one Israeli are reported to have been killed in a day of widespread violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel. The incidents include an Israeli helicopter gunship attack which Palestinians say mistakenly killed two teenagers.

Palestinian woman stands in her ruined living room, destroyed in an Israeli attack

Israel orders its military to step up what it calls targeted operations against Palestinian militants the latest suicide bombings. The Israeli cabinet also decided to stop senior Palestinian officials from travelling to London for talks on reforming the Palestinian Authority.

A double suicide bombing in Tel Aviv kills 23 people and two bombers. The explosions - which happened about two minutes apart - devastated the old bus station area and a busy shopping mall, injuring dozens of people, many of them foreign workers.